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How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see which bee plants and crops are within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more), when the honey flow comes and when there's a dearth, nearby water, a few things worth checking, and how the spot ranks against random sites in your state and across the country.

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 36.0460, -106.0456

Estimated forage here is better than about 84% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer and fall (88th percentile) and lowest in spring (62nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.5 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.53 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 31st percentile (spring 45th, summer 45th, fall 84th)
  • New Mexico: 84th percentile (spring 62nd, summer 88th, fall 88th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 94th percentile (spring 90th, summer 93rd, fall 85th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across New Mexico, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Sep 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 31 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 88 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber

Things to watch

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An estimate from public maps (USDA crop maps 2021-2025 averaged, LANDFIRE vegetation), not a survey of the ground. Maps can't see garden plantings, understory density, other beekeepers' hives, or this year's weather. Honey composition is a nectar-source estimate, not a pollen analysis. Benchmark 2026.5. How this works.